Integumentary System Review

What are the 2 main parts of the integumentary system?

• skin

• hair

• accessory structures

• nails

What are the accessory structures?

• Hair

• Nails

• Skin

• Glands

Which is the deepest layer of the epidermis?

• Stratum Corneum

• Stratum Basale

• Stratum Lucidum

• Stratum Granulosum

What layer of the epidermis is NOT always present?

• Stratum Lucidum

• Stratum Granulosum

• Stratum Corneum

• Dermis

Which of the structures grows continuously?

• Hair

• Nails

What cells are only present in the stratum corneum?

• Keratinocytes

• Cornified cells

• Melanocytes

• Epidermal Dendritic Cells

What is responsible for skin color?

• amount of melanocytes

• amount of melanin produced

If moving up the epidermal strata, at which point are cells considered dead?

• Stratum Spinosum

• Stratum Lucidum

• Stratum Corneum

• Stratum Granulosum

________ cells are responsible for detecting light touch and pressure.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Order the epidermal strata from deepest to most superficial:

• Stratum Corneum

• Stratum Basale

• Stratum Lucidum

• Stratum Granulosum

• Stratum Spinosum